Fitz News in Africa - Birds & Birding: "The rise of conservation biology"

PFIAO. 2010. The rise of conservation biology. Africa - Birds & Birding 15(3):20.

"The Fitztitute was founded in a very turbulent year of South Africa’s history. In February 1960, Harold Macmillan delivered his ‘Wind of Change’ speech to the South African parliament in Cape Town. In March, 69 people were killed at Sharpeville and a state of emergency was declared. The following month, the ANC and PAC were banned and by the end of the year South Africa had severed its last ties with the British monarchy and declared itself a republic. Harold Macmillan may have presaged the wind of political change as far back as 1960, but by the 1980s the Fitztitute realised that the wind of environmental change required us to rethink our priorities. It was time to take greater cognisance of real-world issues and how we might assist in addressing them." More...